Phengaris alcon
Seq # 460090020
Phengaris teleius

Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758) Species

Last modified: Oct. 14, 2024, 3:08 p.m.

The species was formerly known from some very restricted localities in the extreme south of Belgium. Recently no records there. But there is hope because the species is present (2006) again in the National Park of the Viroin. (These are probably stragglers from the south, and arrived here with the warm weather). Critically endangered!

Details

Classification
Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Polyommatinae > Tribus: Polyommatini > Genus: Phengaris > Species: Phengaris arion
Vernacular names
Tijmblauwtje (NL), Large Blue (EN), Azuré du serpolet (FR), Quendel-Ameisenbläuling (DE)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 17 (as Polyommatus Arion). view page
Status

Native

Distribution

Flight periods

The adults fly from June till August.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Thymus praecox

The larva lives mainly on Thymus pulegioides, Thymus praecox, but also on Origanum vulgare.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1801 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1798 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1969 Antwerpen
  • 1922 Limburg
  • 219 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 30 Brabant Wallon
  • 1685 Hainaut
  • 2227 Namur
  • 2148 Liège
  • 2225 Luxembourg